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Ireland Suffers Savage Budget Cuts to Stay Afloat
Dublin, Ireland - Pity the Irish prime minister. Brian Cowen has just taken a 20 percent pay cut, leaving him the equivalent of $300,000 a year. Two years ago …
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The Washington Post’s David Broder: Three Strikes and You’re Out
The Washington Post's David Broder, the so-called Dean of DC Punditry, picked up two called strikes last week. In the run-up to President Barack Obama's West Point speech …
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President Obama and Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner appeared to contradict each other this week on whether the TARP program would be extended. The mixed signals reflect the political unpopularity …
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The True Story About “Climate Cover-Up: The Crusade to Deny Global Warming“
Why have hopes faded for a binding agreement at the UN climate conference in Copenhagen that began this week? Why aren't the people of the world demanding that their …
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Cheney for President?
A Washington-based lawyer and former political director for the Log Cabin Republicans named Christopher Barron filed papers last week to launch a group called “Draft Cheney 2012.” The group …
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Bill Moyers Journal | Historian Howard Zinn
Airtime: Friday, December 11, 2009, at 9:00 PM (EST) on PBS (check local listings here).
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Can Obama’s Jobs Plan Overcome Senate Roadblocks – and Save the Unemployed?
From reading the headlines Tuesday on President Obama's jobs program, you might think that all the president has to do is to tap into the unexpected $200 billion in …
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Joe Conason | The Crushing Legacy of Bush and Cheney
From now on, the headlines about Afghanistan will be slugged “Obama's War,” and perhaps that is fair enough given the president's many endorsements of what he has called a …
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Jim Hightower | How’s Our Economy Doing?
Most economists, media outlets and politicos judge economic performance by such statistical indicators as the Dow Jones Average. Aren't there better indicators than stock prices?
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Leading Chinese Dissident Liu Xiaobo Faces Subversion Case
Police have presented a subversion case against prominent Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo, raising the likelihood that he will face trial and then prison. The move furthers China's crackdown on …